Re: [boost] [GSOC]SIMD Library

Subject: Re: [boost] [GSOC]SIMD Library
From: Domagoj Saric (domagoj.saric_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-03-29 07:56:58

"Mathias Gaunard" <mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:imsgh3$90h$1_at_dough.gmane.org...
> No. The library that will become Boost.SIMD already exists outside of 
> Boost, as part of the NT2 project.
> It already has support for SSE and AVX, and basic support for AltiVec that 
> needs to be improved.

Would it be possible to design Boost.SIMD so that it allows switching 
between different implementations/backends. For example OS X already 
provides the Accelerate framework so I might want to/need to use that, or I 
might want/need to use Intel's MKL or AMD's ACML-MV or Framewave...?

I'm looking for a library to replace Framewave (which seems to be dead for 
almost two years and might perhaps be useful for scavenging), for relatively 
simple 1D vector operations (multiplication, addition, trigonometric 
functions, log, exp...), if NT2 already supports those (SSE1 and optionally 
SSE2 versions) it would be a great place to start with/as an intermediate 
solution while waiting for Boost.SIMD...(?)

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